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Lampronotus mellipes Prov.? ("mellipes Say"; Ashmead, det.). 

 H.6, Je. 9. No other Illinois record known to me. 



Amblyteles nubivagus Cress. H.5, 6; Je. 9. (2) 111. 



Ichneumon subcyaneus Cress. H.m., Au. 19. 111. 



Formica fusca Linn. H.2, Au. 19. 111. 



Formica pallidefulva schaufussi Mayr. H.2, Au. 18 19. (5) 

 Very few ants' nests were seen in the blow-sand. 111. 



Lasius niger americanus Linn. Mol., S. 8. Males and females 

 swarming from a large nest in the coarse grass on the slope of 

 the Sand Hill. 111. 



Lasius latipes Walsh. Mol., S. 8. (2) Examples under boards at 

 edge of pasture on the Sand Hill, along with the pallid har- 

 paline beetles. Rock Island (Walsh); Muncie. 



Prenolepis fulva Mayr? H.5, Au. 17. (7) Nesting in sand in a 

 thicket, 111. 



Camponotus herculaneus Linn. H.5, Au. 17. In same place as pre- 

 ceding species. 111. 



Myrmica rubra scabrinodis schencki Emery. H.5, Au. 17. (3) 

 In thicket with the two preceding species. 111. 



Pheidole vinelandica Forel (Ashmead, det.). H.5. A sand-in- 

 habiting species. No other Illinois record. 



Monomorium minutum Mayr (Ashmead, det.). H.2, Au. 18. 111. 



Sphmrophthalma, n. sp. (Melander, det.). Mol., S. 8. (2) Belongs 

 to simillima group. 



Sphmrophthalma harmonia Fox (Melander, det.). H.2, 3; Au. 14, 

 18. (13) One of the commoner species of the Illinois valley 

 blow-sand areas. Sand-dunes in N. W. Ind. (Melander, '03) ; 

 Pine Hills, Union Co. (S. 111.), Au. 11. 



Sp/uvrophthalma occidentalis Linn. H.2, 3, Mer., Pekin; Au. 12, 

 13, 14, 17, 29. (6) Occasional. The Mason Co. examples 

 are all a golden ochre color. The Meredosia specimen is of 

 the usual scarlet color of the species, as are also the State 

 Laboratory specimens, which are all from southern Illinois. 

 Mason Co. is near the northern limit of its range. 

 Sphmrophthalma ^.-guttata Say. H.2, 3, Mol. ; Au. 12, 14, 18, 

 S. 8. (7) Savanna, Normal, and Metropolis; July 25, 26, 

 Au. 18, September. 

 Sphmrophthalma ferrugata Fabr. (Melander, det.). II. 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 5, Mol.; Au. 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, S. 8. (15) Another common 

 species of our sand regions. 



